Acontistini

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Acontistini
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Acanthopidae
Tribe: Acontistini

Acontistini is a tribe of neotropical mantids in the superfamily Acanthopoidea, and family Acanthopidae. There are 7 genera and more than 30 described species in Acontistini. In 2016, several genera were moved from Acanthopidae to a newly created family Acontistidae, [1] but this has not been accepted in most recent classifications. [2] [3]

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Genera

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Liturgusidae Family of praying mantises

Liturgusidae is a family of praying mantids in the new (2019) Neotropical superfamily Acanthopoidea. A substantial number of genera, previously placed here, have recently been moved to the new or revived other families:

<i>Metallyticus splendidus</i> Species of praying mantis

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<i>Rhombodera</i> Genus of praying mantises

Rhombodera is a genus of praying mantises native to Asia and possessing common names such as shield mantis, hood mantis, and leaf mantis because of their extended, leaf-like thoraxes.

<i>Acanthops</i> Genus of praying mantises

Acanthops is a genus of mantises in the family Acanthopidae, containing 20 species that can be found in Central and South America.

<i>Antistia</i> (genus) Genus of praying mantises

Antistia is a genus of mantids in the family Tarachodidae. There are at least four described species in Antistia.

Acanthopidae Family of praying mantises

Acanthopidae is a family of mantises consisting of 16 genera in the order Mantodea. The group was first formally split off as a separate family by the German entomologist Reinhard Ehrmann in 2002. In 2016, five genera were moved from Acanthopidae to the newly created family Acontistidae, but this has not been accepted in most recent classifications.

<i>Stenophylla</i> Genus of praying mantises

Stenophylla is a genus of praying mantis in the subfamily Stenophyllinae, which is now placed in the family Acanthopidae. It the sole genus of the tribe Stenophyllini.

Charieis is a genus of mantids in the family Tarachodidae. It is a monotypic genus with a single recognised species, Charieis peeli.

Angelidae Family of praying mantises

Angelidae is a family of mantises found in tropical Central and South Americas.

Iridopteryginae Subfamily of praying mantises

Iridopteryginae is a subfamily of mantids in the family Gonypetidae. There are two tribes, distributed in tropical Asia.

Tropidomantinae Subfamily of praying mantises

Tropidomantinae is a subfamily of mantids in the new (2019) family Nanomantidae. Within the single tribe Tropidomantini there are six genera, distributed in Asia and the Pacific.

Coptopterygidae Family of praying mantises

Coptopterygidae is a family of mantids in the order Mantodea. There are at least 2 genera and more than 20 described species in Coptopterygidae.

Photinaidae Family of praying mantises

Photinaidae is a family of mantids in the order Neotropical Mantodea, in the superfamily Acanthopoidea. There are about 11 genera and more than 40 described species in Photinaidae.

Thespinae is a subfamily of mantids in the family Thespidae. There are 16 genera and at least 40 described species: found in Australasia, Central and South America.

Haaniinae Subfamily of praying mantises

Haaniinae is a subfamily of mantids, now placed in the new (2019) family Haaniidae; species can found in Asia.

Nanomantini is a tribe of Asian mantids in the new (2019) family Nanomantidae. There are about 6 genera and 10 described species in Nanomantini.

Rhombomantis is a genus of mantids in the family Mantidae. There are at least four described species in Rhombomantis.

<i>Pseudovates</i> Genus of praying mantises

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<i>Liturgusa</i> Genus of praying mantises

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References

  1. Rivera, Julio; Svenson, Gavin J. (2016). "The Neotropical "polymorphic earless praying mantises" – Part I: molecular phylogeny and revised higher‐level systematics (Insecta: Mantodea, Acanthopoidea)". Systematic Entomology. 41 (3). doi: 10.1111/syen.12178 .
  2. "family Acanthopidae: Mantodea Species File". mantodea.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  3. Mantodea Species File

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